Squire Jeremiah
{{Short description|Nauruan politician}}
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|name = Squire Jeremiah
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|constituency_MP = Meneng
|parliament = Nauruan
|majority = 1.0% (30 votes)
|predecessor = Rykers Solomon
|successor = Vodrick Detsiogo
|term_start = 8 June 2013
|term_end = 2016
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|nationality = {{flagicon|Nauru}} Nauruan
|spouse = Christine Gideon
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|children = Christopher and Macarthur Jeremiah
|residence = Meneng Nauru
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Squire Jeremiah is a Nauruan politician.
As of 2012, he was the president of NGO Emendena Eimwi, "recently established" to raise public awareness of corruption and bribery issues in the country, and to lobby the government for more effective measures against these ills.[http://www.fijisun.com.fj/2012/09/16/ficac-assistance-extends-to-pacific-region/ "FICAC assistance extends to Pacific region"], Fiji Sun, 16 September 2012 With that aim, he entered politics, and was elected Member of Parliament for Meneng in the June 2013 general election. A fellow member of Emendena Eimwi, Doneke Kepae, also stood for Parliament, but was not elected.[http://www.naurumedia.nr/news/election/13/06/09/news-flash-meneng-count-finished Results for Meneng in the 2013 election] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130614172124/http://www.naurumedia.nr/news/election/13/06/09/news-flash-meneng-count-finished |date=2013-06-14 }}, Nauru Media, 9 June 2013 Jeremiah was defeated for re-election in the 2016 election.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909090439/http://election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Meneng.pdf|url=http://election.com.nr/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Meneng.pdf|title=Declaration of Results Meneng Constituency|date=2016|archive-date=9 September 2016|publisher=Nauru Electoral Commission|accessdate=11 May 2023}} As there are no political parties in Nauru, Jeremiah sat as an independent.
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Category:Members of the Parliament of Nauru
Category:People from Meneng District
Category:21st-century Nauruan politicians
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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